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Nintendo C$%@ Blocks Americans Trying to Kart Early

Datel's Wii Freeloader, which let owners of Nintendo's milky white console play games from other regions, is apparently incompatible with Mario Kart Wii much to the chagrin of importers looking to get an early start on the waggle-infused driving experience. Awesome online import store(and advertiser to us)Play-Asia, sent out an e-mail to everyone who pre-ordered MKWii on their site. Here's a snippet of the message:

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InYourMom5878d ago

is this serious or sarcastic? I swear this website confuses me on when they are being serious or when they are being sarcastic. It seems like whenever they are bashing something and get called out for it they are suddenly sarcastic. Moving along..

decapitator5878d ago

I dont think is a joke but I wouldnt be surprised if Nintendo did this at all.

TriggerHappy5878d ago

Typical Nintendo..still up to their old tricks I see.

fox025878d ago

nintendo blows; they're the only ones with a region locked console this gen.

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M_Prime5877d ago

i think its for real.. i heard of this b4..

also they have region exclusives cause of the online really. They have centralized servers and they want only people from the same continents to play with each other.. i think thats the main reason. i mean i would not wanna play with someone in EU or JP if there would be lag. I mean MARIOKART DS only had JP players for the first few months.. but brawl is a game that is not happy with laggy players.. and i'm sure 12 player MARIOKART will be the same..

so they lock teh regions.. everyone gets it in the end.. I mean We got PAPER MARIO first, EU got STRIKERS first. WE got BRAWL first, they get MARIO KART first. (however JP seems to get EVERYTHING first, which i don't like, feels like we're second best)

i dunno why they did it but it doesn't bother me.. as long as its here within a reasonable time frame

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The 7 Best Mario Kart Games Ever

Nintendo's beloved racing series has been around for more than three decades, but which are the best Mario Kart games?

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The Best Selling N64 Games of All Time

Want to know what the best selling N64 games of all time are? Here's the top ten list, with many fan favourites and a couple of surprises.

Ninver384d ago

Never understood what 64 meant. Can anyone enlighten me? All I know is my neighborhood friends and I used to play the crap out of it. Favorite games were Cool Boarders, Mario kart 64, WCW vs NWO just to name a few. Man life was simple and good.

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Mario Kart 64 Is Now Available In HD Graphics

A fan project allows Mario Kart 64 fans to experience one of the most prominent games in Nintendo history in HD.

MadLad513d ago

Can't wait for Nintendo to strike it down, sue the makers, then sell the work to us for $50.

CobraKai513d ago

I think the disagrees stem from the $50. It’ll be $60.

Duke19513d ago

And converted back to non-HD

ZeekQuattro513d ago

It's on the expansion pass already and Mario Kart 8 sells millions every quarter. I think Nintendo will be fine.

MadLad513d ago

I figured with something like this Nintendo would do right by the gamers and sell it at a deep discount lol.

Knushwood Butt513d ago

And sell an overpriced, painted plastic toy as a tie in.

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XxINFERNUSxX513d ago

Nintendo is helpless if they upload it as a torrent and share it. Once it's on a torrent site Nintendo can't do shit about it. ROMs have been there for so many years, and it will continue to do so, and I will be there to take it all and post links directly to Nintendo and laugh about it, with my VPN of course 🤣

Yui_Suzumiya513d ago

I was coming here to make this comment, lol

z2g513d ago (Edited 513d ago )

Lol. Meanwhile the rest of the world moved on to 4k years ago.

Number1TailzFan513d ago

The last 1-2 years maybe, unless you didn't care about having a high refresh rate.

MadLad513d ago

I've been running 4k for a long time now, but I'm on PC.
Switch rarely gives you decent resolution or a solid framerate.

Number1TailzFan513d ago

MadLad i didn't go 4k until we had high refresh rate screens, which also had better pixel response times. I originally went 1080p 120hz in 2012, then 1440p high refresh with gsync in 2017 and last year i went with the 4k LG 27GP950. I didn't want to go backwards on refresh rate. I realise we had 4k monitors a while ago but they were all at 60hz.

anubusgold513d ago

4k is stupid low fps and less detail because consoles cant really handle it without using tricks like checker boarding.

Sgt_Slaughter513d ago (Edited 513d ago )

65.06% of Steam users are using 1080p
11.34% use 1440p
5.70% use 1366 x 768
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2.60% for 4K

So no, they haven't. 4K is still for enthusiasts and the ultra hardcore. The rest don't care.

Kombatologist513d ago

"this mod also has a low chance of removal due to copyright reasons."

Not sure how they came to that conclusion when the GitHub has copyrighted assets in the form of PNG files. Get it while you can.

Orchard513d ago

Looks cool, but Nintendo will shut this down faster than you can say “it’s a me, Mario!” in your best Italian accent.

Einhander1971512d ago

So many bitter little people on this site, personally I doubt Nintendo really care about your comments anyway.

badz149512d ago

Nintendo doesn't even care about their fans, let alone the booing noise regarding how anti-consumer and scummy they are. they only listen to the path that leads to more money with the least amount of effort and investment possible.